The World Bank pioneered global HIV and AIDS financing early in the emergency and remains committed to achieving Millennium Development Goal 6, to halt by 2015 and begin to reverse the spread of HIV and AIDS, through prevention, care, treatment, and mitigation services for those affected by HIV and AIDS.
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The objective of this study is to
systematically assess the coverage of cost effective HIV
prevention interventions as well as the coverage of
interventions proven ... Show More +to be ineffective and non cost
effective in nine population risk groups. These are: (a)
female sex workers (FSW), (b) men who have sex with men
(MSM), (c) injecting drug users (IDUs), (d) sero-discordant
couples, (e) pregnant women, (f) prison inmates, (g)
healthcare workers, (h) young people, and (i) general
population. This report divided into four chapters. Chapter
one provides the background and rationale for revitalizing
HIV prevention in Thailand and outlines the objectives and
conceptual framework. Chapter two reviews and updates HIV
epidemiological profiles, trends and changes in risk
behaviour across different population groups. Chapter three
reviews both global and Thai specific experiences of cost
effective HIV prevention interventions. It recommends a
comprehensive list of preventive interventions that are
likely to be effective and cost effective in the Thai health
systems context. The purpose of chapter four is to assess
the nature of the current HIV programmatic activities. Show Less -